Civic Archaeological Museum of Bologna: Etruscan funerary stele decorated on both sides and in the thickness, side A.From the Margherita Gardens burial ground.inv. DUCATI_012A woman of heroic lineage. The Ducati 12 stele, or Rakvi Satlnei, was found in the Giardini Margherita necropolis, located west of the ancient city, and is dated around 400 BC. This side is occupied by the theme of the passage of status, that is, death, rendered through the expedient of the deceased's journey on a chariot. Below is a naked male figure throwing himself on a sword, recognized as the Homeric hero Ajax Telamonius. The stele features an inscription that, in some places, is difficult to read. It is possible to distinguish the woman's first
